MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66)

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	244% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A66
Motherboard	MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170206
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 03:49
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 87.7 2-Core 172 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 711 62% 531 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8472) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 37.6 27% 33.5 fps	MRender 41.1 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 33.3 31% 38 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,589 Write 1,183 Mixed 1,308 371% 1,694 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 39.5 198% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 94.1 100% 169 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 78 312 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3371 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 64 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 12975426589 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1744 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3663 (BC) Unknown 100 98 47245426727 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 58 9297002537 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3635 (C2) HDA temperature 41 42 -140737488355287 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 7 312 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 135828340744054 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1049469273 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3558761137	59.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 107 Mixed 75.2 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 97%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI Z270I GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A66) - $164

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	200x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	102x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	88x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	68x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	55x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	31x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	20x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
KD48GU880-36A180U 2x8GBUnknownBench 93%, 1,519 samples	23x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $723

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16